India: News

18 May 2017

Zomato

17 million accounts on Zomato 'hacked'

India's largest online food-portal Zomato has become the latest target of hacking. A security blog called Hackread claims over 17 million accounts have been breached.

18 May 2017

Narendra Modi

Anil Madhav Dave, Environment Minister, no more

Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave breathed his last on May 18. He was 60.

18 May 2017

iPhone

Apple's "Made in India" phones will become available very soon

Apple, which has been haggling with the Indian government for some time now to get preferential benefits, has finally settled down.

18 May 2017

Indian Railways

Suresh Prabhu plans to monetize IR data without violating privacy

Suresh Prabhu-led Indian Railways has been increasingly pushing for digitization and using data-centric approaches to be at par with its global counterparts.

18 May 2017

Indian Government

Government gives 30-days to erring NGOs to file I-T returns

The government has given all erring NGOs 30 days time to file their annual returns for the last five years so that they can resume operations.

17 May 2017

Microsoft

Millennials are changing India, one decision at a time

It is expected that within the next four years, India will have 64% of its population within the working age group, fuelling its growth.

17 May 2017

Narendra Modi

Modi government passes with flying colours in stock exchange

Indian economy growth can be measured, to a certain extent, by the performance of its stock exchanges - BSE and NSE.

Is Ishant Sharma's career coming to an end?

Indian pacer Ishant Sharma continued his poor performance in the Indian Premier League by finishing the tournament wicket-less.

17 May 2017

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh "Global Game Changer" Ambani, says 2017 Forbes list

2017 is going to be a golden year for Mukesh Ambani

17 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Massive social media influence helped BJP in 2014: Stanford Study

A Stanford Study on BJP's social-media strategy revealed that the party's massive social-media influence helped it comeback to power in 2014, thwarting a decade-long Congress rule.

17 May 2017

Narendra Modi

Modi-Putin meet: India to link Kudankulam, NSG bid

In a bid to make Russia more proactive in convincing Beijing to allow India to join the NSG, India may tell Russia it would reconsider the MoUs for Kudankulam Units 5 and 6.

17 May 2017

X

Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai Take 2, a standing ovation is needed

We understood the value of Dekh Bhai Dekh, Srimaan Srimaati, Tu Tu Mein Mein, Hum log, Khichdi, Just Mohabbat, Wagle ki Duniya, as serials like Naagin, Diya aur Baati Hum, Dil Bole Oberoi, Balikaa Vadhu, Tapki Pyaar ki, Dhaii Kilo Prem started parading on our television screens.

17 May 2017

Solar Energy

Switch to renewable energy: Will India beat China?

The growth of India and China as large economies has been fired by coal. Recent developments including international pressure to address climate change have forced these two economic giants to plan power generation around renewable sources.

17 May 2017

Assam

Google's Internet Sathi - Internet literacy comes to rural Assam

In India, where women's illiteracy rate is surprisingly low, Google partnered with Tata Trusts to create "Internet Sathi," a noble initiative to increase digital literacy in India last year.

16 May 2017

Pakistan News

China eyes up Pakistan: Dawn newspaper leaks CPEC master plan

In a shocking instance, reputed Pakistani daily Dawn leaked the Long Term Plan for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), currently under discussion at China's ongoing OBOR summit. The document had not been circulated to provincial governments for assent yet.

16 May 2017

Pakistan News

Chinese state media ridicule India's boycott of OBOR Summit

Chinese state media has suggested that India's "shallow analysis of state interests, and an outdated understanding of geopolitics," led to its boycott of the recent Belt and Road forum.

16 May 2017

Pakistan News

Is China making Pakistan its newest economic colony?

Analysts have pointed out that China seems to be making Pakistan its new economic colony through the CPEC project.

16 May 2017

Narendra Modi

Modi government's third anniversary- BJP plans 'Modi fest', mass outreach

As the Modi government is set to mark its third anniversary in power on May 26, BJP has planned to hold 'Modi fest' and mass outreach programs targeting voters, to mark the occasion in over 120 cities.

16 May 2017

Narendra Modi

"Make in India" slowly picking up momentum, yielding results

Modi's much-touted "Make in India" initiative is reportedly yielding positive results.

16 May 2017

Narendra Modi

ISRO to launch India's most powerful rocket next month

Come June, ISRO is going to launch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III; its most powerful rocket, capable of carrying a much heavier load than its predecessors. In its first mission, it will be carrying a 3.2 tonnes heavy satellite.

16 May 2017

South Korea

Japanese firms eye automation due to lack of labor

In most countries, automation comes at the cost of letting go of human labor, an exercise that draws major flak whenever it is executed but in Japan automation is more of a necessity due to the shortage of labor itself.

15 May 2017

Madhya Pradesh

Centre launches pneumococcal vaccine for 21 lakh children

The Centre launched the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under its Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) on May 13.

Massive Stents scam- Indians looted of crores!

Even as stent manufacturers claim huge losses due to recent price controls, shocking statistics tell another tale: apparently, stents in India were among the most expensive, more than US, UK, Germany and Italy.

15 May 2017

Bangladesh

India seeks energy diplomacy to counter China's OBOR

After taking a step back from China's new Silk Road initiative announced by Xi Jinping, India has decided to use its energy diplomacy to create interdependent relationships in its neighbourhood.

15 May 2017

Qatar Airways

Content on-the-go: Now stream movies, shows on Indian Railways!

Indian Railways is going the distance to make trains journeys fun for passengers: it is now rolling out a content-on-demand service, which will let people stream their favorite movies and TV shows while travelling.

15 May 2017

Tihar Jail

Can prisons help prepare for the outside world?

The National Crime Records Bureau published astonishing findings in their latest survey on India's prison system.

15 May 2017

Business

Indian millennials are now raking smart money via p2p lending

The future belongs to millennials. According to a 2013-14 economic survey, by 2021, 64% of India's working age population will be within the age group of 20-35 and they will fuel India's meteoric economic growth.

15 May 2017

Hizbul Mujahideen

Hizbul terrorist nabbed from Indo-Nepal border

A terrorist from the Hizbul Mujahideen was apprehended by the Sashastra Seema Bal from the Indo-Nepal border while he was attempting to cross into India.

14 May 2017

Cancer

Cancer drug gets embroiled in the prevailing Indian pharma conflict

Indian pharma is currently waging a war against Roche, a Swiss-based pharma major that has monopoly over a cancer drug, which can be provided at a much cheaper rate.

14 May 2017

Piyush Goyal

Indian LED bulbs to illuminate UK by 2019: Piyush Goyal

Having recently become a net exporter of power, India announced its plans to replace over 100 million incandescent and CFL lamps in the UK, with LED bulbs produced by India's Energy Efficiency Services Limited by 2019.

Concerns over CPEC: India to not attend China's OBOR summit

Despite China's efforts to coax India into attending the One Belt One Road Forum, India clarified that it would boycott the summit.

14 May 2017

Narendra Modi

"Buy in India" to bolster Modi's "Make in India" initiative

Narendra Modi had his fair share of wins with the "Make in India" policy and is now going to usher "Buy in India" to safeguard the interest of Indian enterprises.

14 May 2017

Mother's Day

Mother's Day - Why do we celebrate it every year?

She gives birth, nurtures with compassion, and selflessly devotes her life to us, expecting nothing in return; Mothers truly are God's greatest gifts.

14 May 2017

Smartphones

CSO modifies base year for IIP, adds relevant items

The new base year for all-India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has been revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12.